FIFA: if the reforms are adopted, "FIFA Council" to replace the Executive Committee on 27/04/2016

"In accordance with art. 29 of the current edition of the FIFA Statutes, 'decisions passed by the Congress shall come into effect for the members sixty [60] days after the close of the Congress, unless the Congress fixes another date for a decision to take effect'," stated FIFA in a document published on 23/12/2015 which presents the reforms that will be submitted to the Extraordinary FIFA Congress on 26/02/2016. A new "FIFA Council" should replace the Executive Committee on 27/04/2016.

The FIFA Executive Committee approved the report from the FIFA 2016 Reform Committee on 03/12/2015. The report, which must also be approved by the FIFA Congress, includes the installation, in lieu of the Executive Committee, a Council of 36 members (including at least six women) with a president who will be the "ambassador" of FIFA. The secretary general will be responsible for implementing the policies defined by the Council. There is also provision limiting the number of terms (three terms of no more than four years, consecutive or not) of the president and council members. "The limitation will…